Soul: The Human Experience

By Melinda Campbell

Soulful moments come when we fully experience our humanity. These moments are defined differently because of our environments, cultures and choices. Even so, we all feel love, pain, sorrow, longing and perhaps a shift toward a collective consciousness.

Melinda Campbells life has been a testimonial for diversity. Her books messages are clear: Be yourself. Continue to grow. Embrace fears, experience the pain, and push through to the other side, because in that moment you will have choices with infinite possibilities. She would like you to feel these commonalities through her prose, poetry and song. Enjoy "SouL" and learn.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Mar 12, 2013
• ISBN: 9781479799275

Melinda Campbell

BIOGRAPHY I was seven years old when I lived in Turkey and my Dad gifted our family with a cruise to the Holy Lands. Thats when I became aware of my spiritual journey. Not because someone was telling me how I should believe, but from a source that flowed through me while I walked the same stones Jesus himself walked. I remember stopping and touching the stone walls with my hands and looking upward at the archway engraved with Jesus carrying his cross. I knew I was not here by mistake and I knew I was not traveling alone. I felt awareness, a reality shift that be-came part of my foundation. My Dad was in the Military which allowed our family to travel. Our travels included Germany, Turkey and several states. This lifestyle taught me about various cultures and the beauty of diversity. All of these gifts were given to me by age 13. When I was thirteen years old my world was turned upside down. I was about to learn the most valuable lessons of my life: compassion, understanding, tolerance, endurance, patience, forgiveness and unconditional love. All of these seeds are forever growing as life challenges me. From traveling to beautiful lands to sleeping in cars because I had no home, I have lived a life of multi-level experiences, all while I was aware of a greater purpose. I have watched, I have cried, I have made mistakes, I have stayed within sight of my true passions: poetry and prose.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

DEDICATION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

PREFACE

*SOUL*

- SOUL

- BEING HERE

- SOLEMN SOUL

- LADY MERCY

*POEMS OF SPIRITUALITY*

- LIFE

- PROVIDER

- JOVIAL

- WORN DOWN SHOES

- BOTTLED TRANQUILITY

- ROUGH WATERS

- 2010

- ANGELIC KISS

- BLENDED

- ILLUSIVE DREAM

- SHOW ME

- YOU BELONG

- DEAR GOD

- WHITE FEATHER

- MORNING’S JOURNEY

- A PLEASANT AFTERNOON

- CRYSTAL CLEAR

- THE TEAR

- INTERCESSOR

- YESTERDAY, TOMORROW, TODAY

- MY PASTOR

- UNITED AT THE ROUND TABLE

*TRANSITIONING INTO ONE WORLD ORDER*

- WARRIORS, VULTURES AND LIONS

- CORPORATE WORLD

- CONSEQUENCES

- SUNDAY’S COFFEE

- EAGLE

- EYES WIDE OPEN

- AFTERMATH

- WITCH

- THE INNOCENT

- LAY DOWN THE SWORD

- CATERPILLAR VALLEY

- THE ULTIMATE REBELLION IS DEATH

*LOVE POEMS and TRIBUTES*

- MOTHER

- FATHER

- US

- TASTE OF TEARS

- TREASURES

- INFINITE POSSIBILITIES

- SAIL AWAY

- A SPLENDID MOMENT

- CLANDESTINE

- PASSION STORM

- TALK IN WHISPERS

- LIVING DREAMS

- DEAR MIRROR,

- SEATTLE

- SNOWFLAKES

- IF EVER

- MS. DOLLY

- HOURGLASS

- THE ROSE

- TORN RIBBON

- BREATHE

- PARADISE LOST

- FISH FOOD

- HIDDEN ANGEL

- FLOWER BOX

*POEMS of DEATH and TRIBUTE*

- WHITE SAND

- SILHOUETTE’S WHISPER

- KEEP WALKING

- WHITE CARNATION (MOTHER’S DAY)

- LIFE WITHOUT YOU

- WORDLESS

- IT’S CHRISTMAS?

- WHITE SHADOWS

- STEER US HOME

- TEMPORARILY TORN

- STONE COLD

- SANDY

- FEAR

- BUCKET LIST

*SONGS and TRIBUTES*

- CATCH THE WIND

- MORE THAN MINIMUM WAGE

- HARD TIME

- THE ART OF DARK

- WINDING ROAD

- OUR SONG

- MY SONG

- DEAREST LEONARD COHEN,

- K.D. LANG

- MY POEMS

- AMERICAN GIRL, TURKISH BOY

- MAGIC MEMORIES

- MR. HOPPER

- FREE

- REBIRTHED

- BEAUTY

CREDITS

As I breathe, life has naturally been a beautifully etched window, open to release and follow each colorful stepping stone to a waterfall’s rainbow of possibilities.

My poems are my personal experiences, some dreams gifted, and some poems are my perception through the eyes and hearts of others. All the poems are a blend of life, love, longing, pain and death. My poems are a personal search for truths and the passions of life, holding no secrets. Layers of my soul peeled, even when it’s uncomfortable. Revealed for hearts to intertwine and dance with validation that it’s okay to explore every depth of your soul.

No religion, no faith, no judgments should ever enslave our true selves. Fear is not of God; it’s one of life’s largest challenges to overcome.

My soul has lived in fear, an invisible force, a wet heavy coat that I am, at long last, removing. The fear was not placed there by God. It became part of me by circumstances, teachings, choices and abuse—none of which have defined me. My castle’s foundation is not yet finished; it towers beyond the clouds, in a place where we are all awake.

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THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO

The Source

God offers so many gifts

The Universe shares these gifts

My family

Every tear we have released is a beautiful dance lesson

I made the best choices in life, for the present moment

Life

I am half way there

The gift of life is priceless

Especially the rain

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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As far back as my memory allows

I see every person I have ever danced with as a teacher.

I honor each of you

Yes, even if we tripped during our dance.

The following are not in order of importance:

My Parents

Martha, Ronald, Leonard, James

My Siblings

Chip, Michael, Joel, Tim

My Children and Grandchildren

Blake, Brian, Suzanne,

Andrew, Alexander, Allyson, Aubrianna, Nathaniel, Addison, Matthew, Zyler, Brodie

My Grandparents

Grover and Kathleen Young, William and Connie Mattox,

Lena Schoggins

My extended family and friends

If during a mist of time we crossed bridges

You are in my heart

Denise,